Number-assembling device for recorders or registers.



No. 629,349. Patented my 25, 1999. .1. w. AGARDAII.

.IUIBEB ASSEIBLIIG DEVICE FOR RECORDERS 0R REGISTERS.

(Applicntion Mod my 9, 1898.)

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NUMBER ASSEIBLING DEVICE FOR RECORDERS OR REGISTERS.

(Application filed my 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH \V. A. GARDAM, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH GARDAM, OF SAME PLACE.

NUMBER-ASSEMBLING DEVICE FOR RECORDERS OR REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,349, dated July 25, 1899.

Application filed May 9,1898. $e1ialN0.680,1 i5. (No model.)

To all 10/2/0772, it may cancer/t:

Beit known that I, Josnrn W. A. GARDAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Number-Assembling Devices for Recorders or Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device to be applied to recorders and registers for assembling or collecting for the purpose of registering or recording any given number or numbers.

The object of the invention is the construction and application of a device consisting, essentially, of a dial having a series of duplicate numerals arranged thereon, an operating-lever adapted to be moved over the dial and operatively connected with a shaft carrying segments thereon and such segments having numerals on their peripheries, and means intermediate with the operating-lever and the segments for engaging and collecting the segments reponsively to the numbers indicated and desired by the operator with the operating-lever on the dial.

Another important feature of the invention is the construction of the number-assembling mechanism wholly independent of the machine it is intended it shall be applied to and be operated for.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line X K, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the segments,showin g the method of collecting the same- Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the supporting-hub in section. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view of the racksupporting casing and parts connected therewith. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the sleeve having the collecting-finger thereon. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the rack-supporting casing. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the hub, showing how it is cut away to receive the melt-casing. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the hollow screw-threaded shaft having a pinion thereon.

Similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the specification and drawings, and in the construction and application of my invention 1 is a quadrant having a dial thereon composed of a series of raised blocks 2, upon which the numbers 3 are attached. The blocks are arranged on the quadrant circularly and in such manner as to form the circular passages a and the radial pas ages 5, through which the operating-lever can be freely moved,as desired. On the blocks numerals are arranged consecutively from 1 to O and are duplicated on as many rows of blocks as maybe desired. (Here shown as three.) On the lower side of the dial are passages 6, into which the operating-lever passes, and when at the lowest position in said passages the segments will have placed a selected number on the peripheries thereof in posit-ion to make an impression on a recordstrip.

Located on the lower side of the quadrant is a hub or hearing 7. Rotatably supported in this hub is a sleeve 8, provided with an internal screw-thread 9, engaging an external screw-thread 11 on the hollow shaft 10. This hollow shaft fits into the sleeve 8, turns there in, and projects into the hub 7 a shorter distance than the sleeve, and is provided on the end extending into the hub with a pinion l2, engaging with and operated by a sliding rack 13, forming part of the operating-lever, and said rack supported by the casing 14, secured to the sleeve 8.

On the screw-threaded end of the sleeve 8 is a collecting-finger 15, which is turned and moved horizontally therewith by means of the rack 13, engaging the pinion 12 on the end of screw-threaded sleeve engaging hollow shaft 10. Freely mounted on one end of the hollow shaft are the segments 16, 17, and 18, having upon their peripheries the numerals 19, from 1 to O. These segments are wholly independent of each other, and in their operation each one can be moved to its extreme positions without affecting the others. About midway between the centers and peripheries of the segments are radial notches 20, which receive the collecting-finger 15 therein when the operating-lever is given rotary and radial movements. The I radial notches 20 in the segments are equal in numher to the number of figures on the periphcries thereof, and, whatever notch the collect ing-finger enters, the figure on the segment corresponding to the notch in the segment will, when the operating-lever is brought to its lowest position, place the figures collected in a position to make an impression on a recordstrip.

The segments are mounted on the hollow shaft side by side, the segment 16 abutting a shoulder 21 thereon, and the nut 22 retains the segments in position. Each of said seg ments has an arm 16, 17, and 18, to which is attached a spring 23, that operates to return the segment to its initial positionthat shown in full lines in Fig. 3--and 2% is an arm secured to the quadrant, which acts as a back-stop for the segments when they are released or returned by the collecting-finger after having been assembled to produce a desired number. When the segments are resting against the stop-arm 24:, the notches 20 therein will register with each other in a position to be readily and quickly collected.

Extending through the hub '7 and havinga bearing in the hollow shaft is a shaft 25, which is operated independently to control the segment 26, rigidly secured to the inner end of said shaft. This segment 26 may have words or characters on the periphery thereof that can be brought into a position to yield an impression simultaneously with the number-segments and is controlled by the knob or handle 27, having an indicator 28 secured thereto, which travels over the face of the hub-plate 29, hearing the same characters and.

words as those on the segment 26 and by means of which the said segment is placed in the desired position.

Vhen used in a recorder, the words In and Out and Overtime may be employed, and when used in a register No sale, 5E, and Charge are employed.

prevented from turning on said sleeve by means of a spline let, which rides in a groove 8' in the sleeve, whereby the collar and casing are permitted longitudinal movement on the sleeve. One side of the sleeve is cut away, as shown at 8", Fig. 6, to permit the rack to engage the pinion on the hollow shaft. The hub 7 on the quadrant is also cut away, as shown at '7, Fig. 8, to permit the rackcasing to be freely operated around the pinion on the hollow shaft.

The rack-bar 13 extends away from the top of the casing sufficiently far to form an operating-lever 30 and is provided with a handle 31 for seizing and operating the same. 011 the upper inner side of the lever is a pin 32, which projects into the dial passages and guides the operating-lever while being operated.

Rigidly secured to the sleeve 8 is a cam or crank 35, having thereon a pin 36, adapted to engage with any suitable means when it is desired to connect the assembling device with either a recording or a registering machine. Any desirable operative mechanism may be employed in connecting the assembling device with the machine it is intended to be 0perated with.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The knob 27 is turned (see Fig. 1) until the indicator points to the desired word, when the shaft 25, carrying the segment 26 thereon, will have been turned sufficiently far to allow the desired word on the periphery of the said segment to be in a position to make an impression on therecord-strip. After this operation the handle 31, attached to the operating-lever 30, is seized and, presuming the designated number to be three hundred and seventy, moved along over the outside blocks until it reaches the passage between blocks 3 and a, when the operating-lever is given an inward radial thrust until it rests in the position shown in dotted lines and marked a. \Vhen the operating-lever 30 is rotated, the rack 13 will ride around the pinion 1'2, but will not move or turn said pinion; but the casing 11, turning the sleeve 8, will move the collecting-finger around with the operatinglever, and when the operating-lever is given an inward radial thrust the rack will turn the pinion 12, which is part of the hollow shaft 10, and said shaft having the external screw threads thereon which engage the threads on the sleeve 8, so that when said hollow shaft is rotated said sleeve Sis driven toward the segments, and the collecting-finger 15 will enter a notch 20 in the first segment, which corresponds to the number on the left of the operating-lever. (Shown in dotted lines and indicated as a.) By referring to Figs. 3 and 1 the collecting-finger is shown in dotted lines and indicated as a when in a position corresponding to the first dotted position a of the operating-lever, Fig. 1.

The casing 11, carrying the rack 13, has a collar 14:, which encircles the sleeve 8 and is This position shows the first segment as having been caught by the collecting-finger in the third notch. The operating-lever is then moved along the second concentric passage until it reaches the radial passage between Figs. 7 and 8, when it is given an inward radial thrust, placing the handle in the position shown in dotted lines and marked b. The rotation of the operating-lever will cause the collecting-finger 15 to continue to rotate until the operating-lever is given an inward radial thrust, which will force the collecting-finger into the seventh notch in the second segment, the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4. and marked 7). The operating-lever is then moved along the third concentric passage until. it reaches the last radial passage, where it is given an inward radial thrust and is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and marked 0. The collecting-finger has turned almost to its limit, and the inward radial thrust of the operating-lever has placed the said finger in the last notch in the third segment, the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 1 and marked 0. The numbers new collected by the above operation are 3, 7, and O, representing three hundred and seventy. 'lhe segments are almost in a position to be printed from, which position they attain when the operating-lever is moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and marked d. The instant this position is attained the pin 36 on the cam 35 will have operated suitable printing mechanism to have made a record. When the segments are released by the collecting-finger, they are immediately drawn backto their first positions against the stop-arm 24 by the separate springs 23, and the operating-lever having been returned to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 the device is again in position to be operated upon.

The operatiug-levercan be returned to No. 1 in either concentric passage, for the segments will find the proper positions whenever released by the outward radial movement of the operating lever.

In Fig. 3, A indicates apoint at which the figures on the segments will be brought to when the operating-leveris in the dotted position indicated, as (l, in Fig. 1that is, the position wherein an impression can be made in any suitable manner to produce the necessary record.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plurality of segments mounted on a shaft, an operatinglever and rack having rotary and radial movements operatively connected with said shaft, a sleeve on said shaft havin g a collecting-finger thereon adapted to be placed in engagement with the segments by the movements of the operating-lever, whereby said segments are assembled to register any desired number in the manner described and for the purpose set forth.

2. A plurality of segments having numbers thereon, and notches therein, mounted 011 a shaft having an external screw-thread en gaging an internal screw-thread in a sleeve on said shaft, a rack carried in a casing on said sleeve and engaging a pinion on the shaft whereby the rotation of said rack rotates the collecting-finger on the sleeve and the radial movement of said rack operates to thrust the collecting-finger into the notched segments for the purpose described.

3. A plurality of segments mounted on a screwthreaded shaft, carrying a screwthreaded sleeve having a collecting-finger thereon, an operating-lever having a rack thereon engaging a pinion on said shaft, and a casing supporting said rack, and secured to said sleeve, whereby the rotation of said rack rotates the sleeve and collecting-finger, and a radial thrust of said rack rotates the shaft-pinion, and forces the collecting-finger into engagement with the segment, for the purpose described.

4-. In combination, a plurality of notched segments having numbers on the peripheries thereof, and mounted on a hollow shaft having an external screw-thread thereon engaging an internal screw-thread in a sleeve operated by said hollow shaftand supported by ahub, a collecting-finger on said sleeve adapt ed to engage the notches in the segments, a casing carried by said sleeve, a rack in said casing which engages a pinion on the hollow shaft, an operating-lever connected with said rack having rotatable and radial movements, an independently-rot-atable shaft extending through the hollow shaft, a segment secured thereto, and a handle having an indicator thereon secured to said independent shaft, for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination, a plurality of segments having numbers on the peripheries, and notches in the body thereof, mounted on a shaft having an external screw-thread en gaging an internal screw-thread in a sleeve operated by said hollow shaft, a collecting-Kim ger adapted to engage the notches in the segments, a casing carried on said sleeve, a rack in said casing which engages a pinion on the hollow shaft, the operating-lever and rack having rotary and radial movements, whereby the collecting-finger enters the notches in the segments and the numbers indicated on the dial by the operating-lever are assembled on the segments and placed in position to register, for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination, a plurality of segments having numbers on their peripheries and notches in said segments radially registering with the peripherial numbers, said segments mounted on a shaft carrying a sleeve thereon, controlled by an operating-lever to move the collecting-finger on said sleeve to assemble the segments to assemble a number corresponding to the number indicated by the operating-lever on the dial, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

7. In combination, a quadrant having a dial thereon, a screw-threaded sleeve supported in a hub on said quadrant, a hollow screwthreaded shaft engaging said sleeve, and having a plurality of notched segments mounted thereon, a pinion on the hollow shaft engaged by a rack carried in a casing secured to the said sleeve, an operating-lever connected with the rack and having rotary and radial move ments, a collecting-finger on the sleeve adapted to engage the notches in the segments, and said finger controlled by the operating-lever to be turned or given a lateral thrust, whereby the segments will be assembled, for the purpose described.

8. In combination, a plurality of segments mounted on an independent shaft, an operating-lever connected with a rack having rotary and radial movements and operatively connected with said shaft, a sleeve on said shaft having a collecting-finger thereon adapted to be placed in engagement with the segments by the movements of the operating-lever and rack, whereby said segments are assembled to register any desired number, for the purpose set forth.

9. The notched segments mounted on a screw-t 11 read ed shaft, carrying a screw-th readed sleeve having a collecting-finger thereon adapted to engage the notches in the segments a rack sliding in a casing attached to the sleeve, and engaging a pinion on said shaft and said rack free to travel around said pinion and adapted to rotate said pinion when given a radial thrust, as explained.

10. A quadrant having a dial thereon, and a hub supporting a sleeve having a collect ing-finger thereon, a hollow shaft operating said sleeve, and a shaft extending through said hollow shaft having a segmenton one end and a handle and indicator on the other, and a dial on the face of the hub over which the said indicator travels, whereby the characters on the periphery of the segment are placed in the desired position, for the purpose described.

11. The externally-screw-threaded hollow shaft having a pinion on one end thereof, the rack 13 engaging said pinion, the internally-serew-threaded sleeve 8 having a collecting-finger thereon, said sleeve adapted to engage the screw-threaded hollow shaft for the purpose described.

12. The internally-screw-threaded sleeve 8, the casing 1% having a band secured thereto embracing said sleeve, a spline on said band engaging a groove in the sleeve, a collectingt'inger on said sleeve, a pinion on said shaft, and a rack carried in the casing 13 which engages the pinion and imparts rotary and longitudinal movement to the sleeve, for the purpose described.

1 A screw-threaded hollow shaft, a pinion thereon a scre\\"-tln'eaded sleeve supported and operated by said shaft, a collecting-finger on said sleeve, and aportion of said sleeve cut away to pcrmitengagement with the pinion on the hollow shaft, for the purpose set forth.

l4. lhe rack,thc rack-casing having a band thereon, the sleeve embraced by the casingband, a collecting-linger on said sleeve and a groove in said sleeve engaging a spline on the casing-band whereby said casing and sleeve rotatably move as one piece for the purpose set forth.

15. The hub '7, the screw-tln'eaded sleeve 8 supported thereby, the hollow screw-threaded shaft 10 engaging said sleeve, the casing 11- seeured to the sleeve, the hub 7 cut away to permit the casing to turn the sleeve, and the sleeve cut away to permit the rack carried in the casingto engage the pinion on the hollow shaft in said sleeve, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH W. A. GARDAM.

Witnesses:

WM. A. COURTLAND, C. W. GARDAM. 

